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Seymour Police arrested Nathan Torres, 24, of Boston Terrace, Bridgeport, on Wednesday after Torres turned himself in to police headquarters after learning of two outstanding warrants for his arrest, according to Deputy Police Chief Paul Satkowski.

Satkowski said Friday that Torres was taken into police custody, processed and charged with second-degree manslaughter while intoxicated; three counts second-degree assault with a motor vehicle; two counts risk of injury to a minor; driving while intoxicated; reckless driving and driving without a license.

Torres was placed a $150,000 court-set bond. He was arraigned in Derby Superior Court, where his case was continued until Feb. 22.

Satkowski said in addition to previously mentioned charges and arrest, Torres was arrested on a second warrant and charged with sale of a hallucinogen/narcotic He was placed on a $20,000 court-set bond for the second arrest and was also arraigned in Derby Superior Court later the same day. That case was also continued to Feb. 22.

Satkowski said after an investigation by Seymour Police, officers determined that Torres “conducted an illegal drug transaction moments before the crash at a location in Beacon Falls, just over the Seymour Town line.”

“After an extensive and thorough investigation conducted by Sergeant David Parratt, Torres was identified as the operator of the motor vehicle at the time of the fatal crash that killed 20-year old Shyheim Samuel of Fifth Street, Derby,” Satkowski said. “Also, four other occupants in the vehicle received serious physical injuries and were hospitalized as a result of the crash.”

Samuel was a rear-seat passenger in the vehicle driven by Torres that slammed into a utility pole on April 11, 2017. Satkowski said at the time that the car struck the pole so hard,it snapped in three places.

Satkowski said the cause of the fatal crash was “due to Torres operating the motor vehicle at an excessive rate of speed in addition to operating under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.”

Satkowskis added that an investigation showed Torres’s Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) was “one and a half times over the legal limit of .08 and he was found to have the presence of marijuana in his system.”

Satkowski said Parrat worked with prosecutors from the State’s Attorney Office in the Derby Superior Court, along with personnel from the Connecticut State Police Crash Analysis Reconstruction Squad in investigating the case.

“We are hopeful with the culmination of Torres’s arrest, the family of Shyheim Samuel will have some type of closure knowing the person responsible for his death will be brought to justice,” Satkowski said.